DOR-D93BFA: Late Medieval lead two-part cloth seal

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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: DOR-D93BFA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A two part lead cloth seal. Two circular discs joined by a central integral rivet and a narrow strip at one edge. On face is undecorated and the other bears a raised design of an open crown over a rose.
Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1400 - 1550
Dimensions: 23.60 mm x 26.50 mm x 4.70 mm
Weight: 12.93
Similar to an example from Essex recorded in Egan, G 1994, Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum, p. 26, No. 14 & p. 161, plate 11

Class: Two part

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.6 mm
Width: 26.5 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 12.93 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 019465

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Fifehead Magdalen (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.9879762
Four figure longitude: -2.31481
1:25K map: ST7821
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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